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Top 100 Cities in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cities in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.9k cities tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Tokyo, Seoul and Kyoto lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 78M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.2M, and the largest, Tokyo, reaches around 36M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each city, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Tokyo 36M 33.4 64.8% City
2 Seoul 22M 29.1 74.2% City
3 Kyoto 20M 35.0 68.0% City
4 Osaka 19M 34.3 69.2% City
5 Hong Kong 11M 33.6 66.7% City
6 Este, Veneto 9.7M City
7 Sapporo 7.4M 33.3 55.2% City
8 Busan 7.4M 30.9 69.8% City
9 New York City 6.8M 33.3 52.3% City
10 Milan 6M 34.7 58.9% City
11 Daegu 5.9M 30.8 65.6% City
12 Bangkok 5.6M 33.6 64.6% City
13 Odessa 5.5M 37.1 70.7% City
14 Yokohama 5.3M 33.6 58.3% City
15 Nagoya 4.9M 35.7 64.0% City
16 Paris 4.8M 35.6 65.1% City
17 Fukuoka 4.7M 34.5 54.7% City
18 Roxas, Capiz 4.6M 34.6 66.2% City
19 Jakarta 4.4M 32.7 63.1% City
20 Hyde, Greater Manchester 4M 35.0 57.2% City
21 Honolulu 3.7M 37.8 70.5% City
22 London 3.6M 36.2 58.9% City
23 Istanbul 3.6M 37.3 58.8% City
24 Kobe 3.5M 33.6 58.2% City
25 Bandung 3.3M 31.7 65.9% City

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each city by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest city in Japan?

Tokyo currently leads with an estimated audience of 36M people in Japan.

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